![]() My favorite thing about skiing with the family is the time away from the “devices”, a time to unplug. What is your favorite thing about family skiing? Can they carry their own skis? Can they put their boots on by themselves? All these things can free up your time. I like to be as organized as possible and suggest having your kids practice with their gear. Other essentials are things like “hot hands” on cold days which can help those little fingers stay warm. Items like a granola bars in your pocket can help manage hungry kids. Photo: Chris Radvanyi.ĭefinitely strive to max out the fun meter, set yourself up for success and make the experience enjoyable for your children (and stress free for yourself). Maxing out the fun meter: Christine Radvanyi and Kristen BuchholzT. Please share your best family skiing tips. Scranton is a city of 75,000 people with a wide range of dining, shopping, entertainment and lodging. There are several great restaurants on the mountain located in the “Shoppes at Montage” shopping plaza. It features tasty, well portioned, reasonably priced food and drinks. Inside the main lodge is Slocum Hollow, which is Montage’s bar and restaurant. On powder days, look for trails farthest from the lodge for the last of the “secret stashes”. Heading immediately over to the Iron Horse lift will get you access to all the upper mountain groomers. Early birds get the best snow, and no lines whatsoever. Get there early, the busiest time of the day seems to be between 10:30 am and 1:00 pm. I think this makes for a seamless and hassle free experience getting your family out on the snow. The lodge, rental shop, and the ski school are all within close proximity of each other. Montage is really well set up for family skiing. Several outdoor carnivals happen each year with lots of activities geared towards family fun. The ski school program is top-notch and makes learning or advancing your skills easy and rewarding. You never are really rushed or waiting in line. The resort also has this un-crowded feel, especially when you are out on the mountain. The beginner and intermediate trails are wide open and very close to the lodge, which makes it very convenient to get on and off the snow and regroup if someone needs a break inside. The Montage staff is always courteous and professional. (BSM: What’s air boarding, you ask? Me, too.) What Makes Montage Mountain great for family skiing? In addition to skiing and snowboarding, Montage has tubing and airboarding. The terrain is excellent and unique with the green and blue slopes at the top of the mountain and the expert terrain at the bottom of the Northface complex. Montage has great grooming, a terrific terrain park, and great snow. The resort is very family-friendly, and offers some of the highest elevations and most diverse terrain on the East Coast. From the top of the mountain the view of the entire Wyoming Valley is beautiful. It’s just five minutes from downtown Scranton with easy access to a major interstate highway. Montage Mountain is unique in its proximity to the communities around it, it’s so close. Photo: Chris RadvanyiĪn interview with Chris Radvanyi, a brave ski dad who skis with his wife and son at Montage Mountain Resort. Now you are better off attending the national one on your own for proper training.Ski buddies Trevor, Tylea and Ethan at Montage Mountain. A lot of instructors started here because they used to have a great training program. Protip: You no longer need a PSIA-AASI master to get certified so don't allow a place like this to continue its bad business practices, do yourself a favor and find a better community to be a part of. The pay for employees is much lower than Montage's competitors in the area. It might be able to be saved if the current management would move on and allow someone with fresh innovative ideas to take over. They are easily frustrated with staff and guests and don't do a great job of being professional. They have policies they cant enforce because the staff at management is overwhelmed at times and it's obvious. (which is more often than you would expect ) This mountain's ski school has gone downhill for years because of a lack of leadership. Ski school management will expect you to show up for the scheduled ups without receiving ANY pay if there are no lessons available to teach. They are treated as disposable, and if you look you will see the turnover rate is quite high even for a resort. Even some guests are surprised when they hear how some employees are spoken to. The way the Management conducts its behavior toward employees is unacceptable. It's a recreational activity, not a boot camp. The job as an instructor is meant to be enjoyed, both by the guest and the instructor.
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